Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-25

had never been to the theater before
! Everything went along very smoothly un-
/ til the countess appeared in the poison
scene. Then there was a row. The
audience was as sill as the occa-
! sion required, nothing but the breath
/ ing of their immediate neighbOrs dis
/ turbed the occupants of the parquet and
/ the dress circle, while up in our depart
ment the crOnching OF peanut shell was
/ the only thing which gave Us a realizing
sense Of our lofty position. MOdjeSka
/ had taken the phial of poison and was
about to remove the cork, in fact she had
| just placed the finger and thumb upon the
stopper, when POmroy inserted the index
tiugerof his right hand in his cheek, Just
when the cork should have been pulled
that finger few out and noise like pis-
tol shot attracted everyone in the old
Academy of Music. Was Modjesks mad?
Well, l should smile. She had more
the appearance Of Lsdy Macbeth at that
moment than OF the Iove-dying Juliet.
/ The audience appreciated POmrOy's by
play immensely. Every one in the audi
forum looked up into the gallery and
every pair of hands joined in the cIapping
The curtain was rung down, Moojeska
stalked off the stage and Count Bo-
Zenta, with his dog, and aiL the
ushers and all the detectives, and IN fact
every one else connected with the theater
rushed up to the gallery 10 bounce the
intruder, but when they saw sixty stu
dents inGoCently gazing at the scene be
low, they saw the difficulty OF the situa-
ton and gracefully retired. It was half
an hour before MOdjeska would consent
to appear on the stage again and when
she did, the Zest Of the performance
seemed TO have departed. She said after
wards that it vas not the action of the
gallery god that annoyed her, but she was
disgnsted with the highly cultured and
fashionable audience who so far forget
her acting as to applaud an interruption
from the gallery"
Ex-Governor Curtin Of Pennsylvania,
whose congressional term ceased with
the FOrty-ninth Congress, has Just re
turned to Washington after brief visit
to Philadelphia and New York. He told
me the other night that he was not alto
gether sure whether he would again eater
public life or not,
81 have had enough Of it for while,
anyway" ne said. 81 want rest and
want to do something else too. know
that l am risking the good opinion of s.
good many when proclaim my intention
of writing q book; but l am going to do
it. l know thing or two tnst l think
will tit we'll and ought to be part of the
history of the war, and l think l am able
to lot. my facts down in more or less
readable way"
"What do you think of McCleuan's
Memoirs, Governor"
"Well, have not read them through,
but in general | think he ought to have
left his yindicRtiOu to others. | truly be
lieve Mcclellan was greatly rlviled and
illuminated man. He was q great thee
fetiCal general, but he was upset By his
kind heart. If he had only had some Of
Sheridan's dash or Grants energy lie
would have been one of the greatest of
generals. | remember as vel as though
it were Yesterday when the Seventeen
Governors met Mr.. Lincoln. One If them
asked Mr.. Lincoln what he thought Of
McClelan's dislJyalty. Another protest
ed that suCh question was Al UuEec6E-
say one; that II cast a reflection upon
one against whom nothing bad been
proved. Mr.. Lincoln said that he pro-
pIsed to answer the question by saying
that he believed General Mcclellan 10 be
as Ioya! and staU1Ch patriot IS any man
in that room.
''pYe got a valuable fsct OF two about
Anrietem, which I an going to save fer
my book. l kn W it VIII Interest,"
Conversation followed as to the investi-
eating committee # the Missouri
PacItic strikes. The Governor was chair
man of the House investigating COM
mittee.
"That experience taught me a good
many things" said the Governor
'Strikes do much more than iIjure en-
ployers and employees. The greatest in
jury is done to the public, and, as I set
forth in my report, the proper thing to
do when the employers and the employed
refuse to settle their differences, is for the
government to take possession of any
great public corporation by the right of
eminent domain. In other words, the
greatest good for the greatest plumber"
Chow dig Mr. Gould impress you dur
ing his eXamination2"
Gas pretty clever fellow, with the
most convenient memory l ever saw in
my life.''
Governor Curtin expects to remain
short time in Washington, and looks for
ward to visit to Saratoga during the
season.